ḥm-nṯr tpj

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥm-nṯr (“servant of god, priest”) +‎ tpj (“first”), literally ‘first servant of the god’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛm nɛt͡ʃɛr tɛpi/
  • Conventional anglicization: hem-netjer tepi

Noun

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1. high priest; the head of the priestly hierarchy of a temple during the New Kingdom.

Inflection

Declension of ḥm-nṯr tpj

singular	ḥm-nṯr tpj
dual	ḥmwj-nṯr tpjwj
plural	ḥmw-nṯr tpjw

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58.